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April 18th, 2008
Game 18 of 162
Attendance: 37,764
Wind: SE 4 mph

(8-9) @ (6-11)

Starting Pitching Matchup

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Mike Mussina Brian Burres 1-2 W-L 0-2 3.37 ERA 10.28

Yankees offense to much for Orioles in first game of series!!!!!

Baltimore, MD - The Yankees offense was just to much for the O's to handle tonight. Everytime the O's made an effort to keep pace, the offense for the "Bombers" would turn it up a notch and keep a small distance between them and the hometown boys. The Yankees got homeruns from Hideki Matsui and Robinson Cano, who hit his first of the year to pace the Yanks. Mike Mussina was effective enough to earn his second win of the season and Mariano Rivera delivered a perfect 9th to seal the victory and get New York back to the .500 mark. O's starter Brian Burres continued to struggle as his record now falls to 0-3 on the season. The O's will look to recover tomorrow as they will send their most effective pitcher Steve Trachsel to the hill.

Line Score

New York @ Baltimore (April 18th, 2008)

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Yankees 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 10 0 Baltimore Orioles 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 WP - M. Mussina (2-2), LP - B. Burres (0-3), S - M. Rivera (5)

Extra Base Hits & RBI Summary



2B - Jeter (7), Matsui (6), Giambi (3)
3B - None
HR - Matsui (4), Cano (1)
RBI - Rodriguez (16), Matsui (10), Moeller 2 (5), Cano (5), Cabrera (5)
SB - Rodriguez (2)

2B - Markakis (3)
3B - None
HR - Millar (2)
RBI - Roberts (4), Mora (10), Millar 2 (5)
SB - None

Pitching Summary



M. Mussina (W, 2-2) 7.0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 8 K's, 1 WP
J. Chamberlain (H, 3) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
M. Rivera (S, 5) 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

B. Burres (L, 0-3) 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K's, 2 WP
J. Johnson 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K's
J. Walker 1.0 IP 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Scoring Summary



Top 2nd

Matsui homered to right (1-0)
Cabrera singled to right, Giambi scored (2-0)

Bottom 2nd

Millar homered to left center, Markakis scored (2-2)

Top 4th

Moeller doubled to left center, Matsui and Giambi scored (4-2)

Top 5th

Rodriguez grounded out to shortstop, Jeter scored (5-2)

Bottom 5th

Roberts singled to center, Millar scored (5-3)
Mora singled to center, Payton scored (5-4)

Top 6th

Cano homered to right (6-4)

Player of the Game


Hideki Matsui went 2 for 4 with a homerun and a double as the "Bombers" snapped their losing streak and took the first game of the series against Baltimore at Camden Yards.

Standings

American League East
Team		W	L	GB	STRK
	Toronto	13	4	-	L 1
	Boston	12	6	1.5	W 3
	Tampa Bay	9	9	4.5	L 3
	New York AL	9	9	4.5	W 1
	Baltimore	6	12	7.5	L 1

International League (AAA)

(9-6) @ (5-10)

Norfolk Tides	2	9	0
Louisville Bats	0	4	0

Record (10-6)

Eastern League (AA)

(11-4) @ (10-5)

Akron Aeros	6	7	1
Bowie Baysox	3	10	0

Record (10-6)